The East Lee County Jaguars will venture away from home to square off against the Gateway Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. East Lee County has now lost 11 straight dating back to last season, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 8.
East Lee County came up short against South Fort Myers on Thursday, falling 24-9. That's two games in a row now that the Jaguars have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, everything went Gateway's way against Babcock on Friday as Gateway made off with a 10-4 victory.
Presley Murphy spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up nine Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mallory Tiedeman, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stole at least one in each of the last three games she's played. Olivia Wutkowski was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
The win got Gateway back to even at 3-3. As for East Lee County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
East Lee County might still be hurting after the 15-3 loss they got from Gateway when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can East Lee County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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